Improvement in bed-bottoms



UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIOE.

HARRISON OGBORN, OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, AND ANDREW W. KENDRIGK, v OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN BED-BOTTOMS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 135,933, dated February 18, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HARRISON OGBORN, of Richmond, Indiana, and ANDREW W. KEN- DRIGK, of the city of Brooklyn and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Bed-Bottoms; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing making a part of our specification.

Figure l is a plan view. Fig. 2 shows one of the wires detached with the head-spring and connecting-joint. Fig. 3 shows a modification of the bed-bottom without the connecting-joint that forms the head-elevator.

A A B B represent the head and foot rails of the frame. 0 is the head-elevator; E, the

longitudinal wires; F, the springs attached to the head-bar; and P, the staples by'which the N springs are secured. G are the rings, connectingthe wires longitudinally, and R are links by which they are connected vertically. D is the head-bar of the elevator. '0 shows the staples connecting the wires with the footbar. L is the mortise in which the foot-bar rests. I is the ratchet for regulating the inclination of the elevator, and K is the cord by which it is operated.

The object of this invention is to furnish an economical, durable, and easily constructed bed-bottom-one that, while it will be equal bed-bottom proper is formed by single strands of wire, running lengthwise of the frame, attached to the head-bar by conical springs and to the foot-bar by staples, in which the lower ends of the wire are hooked. The bed-bottom is detachable in all its parts, and may be frame, the elevator is adjusted by the ratchet, v

and is not affected by the weight of the body upon the bed.

When the elevator is used the head-springs are attached to the cross-bar of the elevatorframe. When it is dispensed with the springs are placed upon the head-bar of the main frame, and the wire strands run direct from the headto the foot without the intervening joint.

The head-elevator adds very little to the expense in manufacturing; it may be laid flat when not in use, and it affords an indispensable comfort in sickness at a cost that does not exceed that of the lowest-priced bed-bottoms.

Having described our bed-bottoms, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

1. A bed-bottom formed of single wire strands attached at the head to conical springs and to the adjustable foot-bar by staples, as described.

2. The head-rest formed by the jointed wire strands and the frame pivoted to the side rails and operated by the ratchet and cord, as described.

3. The wire strands, attached to the headbar by springs and to'the foot-bar by staples, in combination with the head-rest and adjustable frame, constructed as described, and for the purposes set forth.

- HARRISON OGBORN.

ANDREW W. KENDRIOK.

Witnesses:

EDM. F. BROWN, R. H. WHITTLEsEY. 

